Prison Without Bars

Sep 20, 1938

1h 17m

★ 6.0

Women Without Men! - eager for life and love - turned into snarling animals - crying for revenge against a society that called them "bad"!

Overview

Suzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, and so all the girls are trying to escape. Madame Appel just causes chaos all the time, with her harsh manners. When Yvonne with her free-thinking ways is put in charge of the school for misbehaving girls, and asks them to tell her their complaints, they don't believe her at first. Yvonne is in love and about to marry the establishment's doctor, and it does not help that one teenage girl falls for him - and is corresponded. It's a hard life for the girls, and for the new female warden.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

London Films Productions

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Cast

Suzanne

Corinne Luchaire

Yvonne Chanel

Edna Best

Dr. Georges Marechal

Barry K. Barnes

Renee

Mary Morris

Alice

Lorraine Clewes

Julie

Sally Wisher

Mme. Appel

Martita Hunt

Mlle. Artemise

Margaret Yarde

Mme. Remy

Elsie Shelton

Nina

Glynis Johns

Mlle. Pauline

Phyllis Morris

Mlle. Renard

Enid Lindsey

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